The Maya Centre — Counselling for Women

Women we work with do not neatly fit into a single category and therefore there is rarely a service which can offer them the depth and length of support that we can provide. They have compound, complex problems and are often victims of gender-based violence and caught in a cycle that they find hard to break. Help Us support more vulnerable women with talking therapy:

£45 will provide one counselling session

£85 will provide one group counselling session for up to 8 women

£25 per hour will provide 1 hour of childcare to enable a women to attend counselling.

These figures do not reflect the overheads of running the centre

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The Maya Centre works in Islington and the surrounding boroughs, with women who find it difficult to access the kind of long-term counselling and support they need.

They may be homeless, fleeing a violent partner or at risk of neglecting or harming their children. Often their distress has its roots in the past. Our talking therapy can help women to come to terms with what has happened to them and break out of the cycle of abuse and social and economic disadvantage.

#HelloStress

Our centre is a safe space for women to experience a therapeutic journey leading to emotional and psychological awareness and healing and empowerment to enjoy life and plan for the future. This is why the Maya Centre is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week. This year, the theme of the campaign is Stress: Are we coping?

Stress… what is this that’s happening to me?

Blog from Jessica, who facilitates our Psychoeducation Group. Stress is a word used on a daily basis these days. It is used to describe such a wide range of feelings, I think we can become hard-pressed to define what stress really is.

Hidden Women: the story behind our World Mental Health Day animation

As anyone who’s struggled with depression or anxiety knows it can be a very lonely experience. You feel alone not only in your own head, but also in relation to the world at large. And if you’re a woman who is already isolated, those feelings often manifest themselves as a chasm between you – the […]

A small, local grass roots charity, set up in 1984 to provide relief to emotional distress and raise awareness about women’s mental health issues.

Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the UK Council for Psychotherapy.

Please get in touch if you would like to support us or need our help.

0207 281 8970

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